St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-06
The Jury in the Martin Trial for Murder
Find the Accused Man Not
Guilty.
Complete Programme of the Sports and
Pageants of the Coming Winter
Carnival.
a Somewhat Sensational Case of
Alleged Adultery--C hangesin
State Offices.
Various Matters Told in Line for
Want of Space in Which to
Elaborate.
MARTIN NOT GUILTY.
His Trial for the Murder of Bu'
chanan Moore Ended--An Inter-
eSfing DaY in Court.

chanan Moore Ended--An Inter-
esting Day III Court.
j. d, Martin slept outside the jail last
night fer the first time in nearly ten months,
his trial for the murder of Buck Moore at
the stock yards having ended in acquittal
last evening. At 10:06 a. IN. Judge VIII
kin entered the courtroom and opened
court, the jury and lawyers having been
waiting in their places for several minutes.
Judge Egan continued the summing up for
the prosecution:
II prisoner expected the jury he said,
'to acquit him. when he himself did not deny
his guilt when he had chance here on the
stand, and he dare not now DENY his guilt. !"
Judge Egan SAID the prosecution had proved
that Martin had followed Moore to Minneapo-
lis. and then to the stock yards. He referred
to his Indifference and GOODNESS at the Mer-
riam Park depot, and then the next morning
said he knew Moore well. Why did he
not recognize him at the depot?
"Great heavens! Martin, Buchanan Moore s
blood rises up and cries out in plain AMI aud
ible tones against you'd you dare no. deny
it, said the judge. Martin, you dare not,
in the face of heaven and before this court,
deny the murder Of Buchanan Moore" The
defendant himself had convicted himself, and
the chain was complete. The knife, over
shoes, OverallS, memorandum book and over
coal were sh 'wn to the jury by Judge Egan.
The counsel for the prosecution closed at
lilo, having occupied one hour and four
minutes of the forenoon session in his argu-
ment.
FOR THE DEFENSE.
Mr.. Ryan began his argument on the part
of the defense at 11:15 O'Clock.
Mr. Ryan put some stress on the fact
that the state did not make sufficient provis-
on. allowing only $40 for the defense of u
prisoner, claiming that he should be al
lowed the privilege of subpRHaing witnesses,
to be pad for by the state. He
said because this boy has not confe $50.
to the detectives his guilt, the state would
have you believe that he ought to be hung.
MIR. Ryan then introduced the diagram of the
scene OF the murder and surroundings and
explained that Martin would have to go
SO, 900 feet from the time that he left the
Davis house at $50. until he returned at 9:l5
p H., claiming Il q. Mar.iI did not have
time TO 20 that distance. aud could not go
without being seen by the Waterman. Mr.
Ryan then had the jurors examine the knife
and overalls and had Martin put on the over
ais, saying, I'm risk it all on the turn of
the die Martin. put on those pants! They
will fit me. They fiji him like the paper On
the wall" Turning 10 JUDI e Egan, MIR Ryan
said, that's the reason you would not cross
examine the witness" Then TO the jury,
''Great God, gentlemen, is not that evidence?
This HON eide must have been COM
mitted by this man in fifteen minutes
Mr.. Ryan then dwet at length on the testi-
mouy OF the witness Scougale, whom he said
the prosecution was relying upon to con-
Wet the prisoner at the bar. They have
traced him from the cradle to the grave and
have not been able to find single thing 10
convict him Of this great crime. Another re-
markable thing in the case is this, that the
boy accounted for where he was all the time.
from the time he left Burlington until he
Nhnra yvAS No ot,Or
the part of Martin to commit this crime. He
called attention to the appearance and man.
ner of the witnesses produced by the defense
to impeach Scougae, and said that there
was not one solitary diSreputable character
among them. They were all lawyers, mel-
chants and farmers. Mr.. Egan did not
dare to impeach the testimony of Martin,
even with the perjured testimony of the
scoundrel Scougale.
A TILT BETWEEN COUNSEL.
Mr.. Ryan-Why didn't you impeach him?
Mr.. Egan-We didn't impeach you, but him.
Mr.. Ryan wish to God was on trial.
The Court-Mr. Ryan, proceed with your
argument
Mr.. Ry.tn-I am willing to be interrupted
by the gentleman. The brilliant prosecuting
attorney wants TO impeach me in order to
convict the boy. TO Mr.. Egan)-Did l ever
do you wrong in my HE?
Mr.. EgaG-Address yourself to the jury.
Mr.. Ryan, want 20 address myself to you,
too. You have got u chance and you have
got an opportunity 10 answer me right here
in this court il you see fit, but when you
made the onslaught on yonder innocent boy
he couldn't answer back. He couldn't pro-
tecI his little one yesterday when you told
Mrs. Tanning to take it out of the court
room and not bring ii back
Mr. Egan-You are 4 trickster for bringing
the baby in here. Address your remarks to
the jury.
Mr.. Ryau-He has got the right to bring his
child here.
The Conrt-Well, gentlemen, get along with
out these interru ptions.
Mr.. Ryan then proceeded with his argu-
ment, and alluded TO the witness Scouga as
roaring devil when on the witness stand
and that some OF the byStanders bad obser we'd
him attack a man in the court room for hay-
ing appeared as witness to impeach him
and that Mr.. Egan had caught him by the
shoulder 10 pull him away.
Mr.. Ryan then proceeded to comment upon
the testimony OF Officer Klein us to the
character of the search for evidences of guilt
upon the person OF the defendant. Mr.. Ryan
Claimed the reason the deceased was not
recognized by defendant at the Merriam Park
station was because of the blood upon the
mans face and that he had supposed from
the conversation had with him the night be-
fore hut he was then in Dakota or on his way
there, and that the other men who so readily
recognized the deceased had seen him but a
ings with him. Mr.. Ryan again called atten-
ton to the oyeralS, and claimed that they
had been
WORN MORE THAN ONCE,
and had been wa he'd; that they had been
evidently worn by some man who was bow
egged, as was shown BY being greasy down
The side and not in front, as would be the
;ase With an ordinary person; that tie but
sonholes showed evidence of wear and that
1t was evident that they did not fit the de-
PENDANT. He fitted the leg of the overalls to
the overshOe, and claimed that no blood could
have been deposited on the overShoe wearing
these overallS.
He spoke then about Judge Wilkins hat:
he claimed that Detective O'Connor had testi-
1ed that Judge Wilkins hat WAS the hat of
the deceased, and that Officer Klein had de-
Gected the mistake. That all these things
raised the question of a reasonable doubt.
md that without the testimony of Scougale
Il was impossible to make out case.
Mr.. Ryan concluded his address with the
following remarks: "Gentlemen of the Jury.
you can retire to yonder room 10 make I'm
your verdict DO it fearlessiy, without fear
pr favor-as l have tried to do my duty i'm q
humble way-but remember, gentlemen of
the jury. just as sure as one of you writes
the word guilty on that ballot you write it
In blood to send yonder bow to the yard-arm
The man who will write guilty upon that
ballot, writes it in letters OF blood and makes
an orphan of the little child that you saw
tottling here yesterday in the court room
tell you, gentlemen of the jury, that / am
through now with this case. will leave it in
your hands; have no doubt what the result
may be. Would to God that this was summed
up by ADLER counsel than am or ever expect
to be. But / think l have done my duty:
rest the case now in your hands. Thanking
you, gentlemen of the jury. for the attention
you have paid 10 me, and likewise the courts
kind indulgence, l leave the case entirely
with you.
THE JURY CHARGED.
In charging the Jury Judge Wilkin ga We